Sec. 1. Short title; definitions
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This Act may be cited as the . Industrial Efficiency Incentive Act In this Act: The term certified energy expert means an expert that has been identified, through testing and review by an independent, accredited certification body that has been approved by the Secretary of Energy, as meeting the Department of Energy’s criteria for providing energy efficiency and carbon reducing services to an eligible facility. The term eligible facility means a nonpower industrial facility. The term Industrial Assessment Centers means the Industrial Assessment Centers of the Department of Energy.
The term qualified entity means the owner or operator of an eligible facility. The term qualified technology means any technology— that is used at an eligible facility; and that— the use of which can be demonstrated to result in energy efficiency improvements of at least 20 percent over an eligible facility’s existing technology and does not increase scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions or scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions, as such terms are defined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, of the eligible facility; the use of which can be demonstrated to reduce the amount of water used by at least 20 percent over an eligible facility’s existing technology; or replaces fossil fuel-fired technology at an eligible facility.
The term utility means a regulated entity that provides electricity, natural gas, or water service to an eligible facility. The term Working Group means the Industrial Efficiency Working Group established under section 4(a).